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Question
This is a picture of the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly of India which drafted the Indian Constitution.
When did the Constitution come into force?
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Solution
26 January 1950
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Fill in the blank:
The constitution came into force in the year ________.
Match the contents of Column A with those of Column B
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Pt Jawaharlal Nehru | (a) Chairman of the Drafting Committee. |
| 2. B. R. Ambedkar | (b) First Prime Minister of India |
| 3. Frank Anthony | (c) Representative of the Parsees. |
| 4. Dr. H. P. Modi | (d) Representative of the Anglo-Indian community. |
| 5. A state where the head of the state is an elected person. | (e) Sovereign |
| 6. A state where the government is run by the elected members of the people. | (f) Socialist |
| 7. A state which is independent of external interference. | (g) Secular |
| 8. A state where there is no discrimination against any religion. | (h) Democratic |
| 9. A state which lays emphasis on economic and social equality. | (i) Republic |
Answer the following:
Why is it necessary to have a Constitution for a country?
Who was the permanent President of the Constituent Assembly?
Mention what the Preamble says about ‘Equality’.
Examine the salient features of the Constitution of India with reference to the following:
India is a Secular State.
The preamble to the Constitution describes India as a Sovereign State. What do you understand by the term ‘Sovereign’?
Mention any two implications of a Democratic government, as promised by the Preamble to the Constitution?
With reference to the making of the Indian Constitution explain the following:
How do you say that the Constituent Assembly gave adequate representation to all sections of the Indian Society?
What do you know about the Composition of the Constituent Assembly which framed the Constitution of India?
